"Ivan. Not only is this a dumb idea in itself, but this is Piotr we are talking about." Bradley pointed out as the trio made their way down the mall strip. Kitty and Jessica had gone to some store and the guys were tired of waiting. The guys stopped at a Tattoo parlor and Ivan was begging to go inside.
"Hey. Chicks dig this stuff on guys. Come on Pete. Don't you want Kitty close to you at all times?" Piotr nodded. "Then why not engrave her name in your skin?"
"First of all, Ivan, I love Katya but this is just out of the question." Piotr was getting really uncomfortable.
"Ok ok. I get it. Well I'm going to get another to match this one," he rolled his right sleeve up to show the first tattoo. "and I'll meet you all later." He walked into the shop as the two left.
In the restroom area of the Parlor, Ivan drew a vile out of his pocket and opened it. he put a capsule in it and filled it with water. The capsule dissolved and turned the water into black ink. He looked in the mirror and smiled to himself "What could happen?"
As he made his way to the chair, the tattoo artist was setting up. Ivan held up the vile to the guy along with a twenty. "My skin reacts to most inks. I want you to use this instead."
"We don't usually do that here…" Ivan cut him off.
"I need this ink. Its different than yours. I could possibly die from allergic reactions if its just regular ink." He lied.
"Ok, man. Its your ink, your money, not our problem." The artist drained the first ink into a container and slid the vile into the pump. He made sure it was working and began working on the other arm, as was Ivan's instruction.
"Oh my goodness this looks so good on you!" Jessica held up another outfit.
"JESSIE! It's just a tangle of strings! There isn't any covering!" Kitty frowned at the small outfit.
"Oh come on, Kitty. Guys go crazy for this stuff. You kinda have to make them jealous of themselves for having you. Then it's like Texan heat. It just grows."
Kitty tried to envision Piotr's expression once he saw her in that… thing. Yes it might have given a surprised reaction, maybe even a slight lustful, but it just really made Kitty uncomfortable.
"What about this. This is cute." Kitty held up a brown two piece swimsuit and it got a "Two Thumbs Up" from Jessica.
"Ok then. Well lets try it on." The two girls ran to the fitting rooms.
While the two were in there, Piotr and Bradley decided to hang out with them. The two guys were walking to the fitting rooms… well mainly just Piotr. Bradley was staring at what looked like a pair of tangled strings.
"Wow, looks like somebody lacks imagination or they must really love sex."
"Bradley… could you please not. I'm already uncomfortable as it is. I don't want to make the trip worse." Just then Kitty and Jessica came from around the corner.
"Uhh hey guys… uh Bradley… why are you holding that?" Jessica looked at him puzzled.
"Uhh…" he was looking around franticly. "… uhh Pete was just about to buy it for Kitty…" he shoved it into Piotr's hand and looked innocent. Piotr's face was as red as a cherry.
Jessica and Kitty were laughing up a storm and Piotr threw the strings at Bradley, who was also laughing.
"So where is Ivan?" Kitty asked as she paid for her stuff.
"He went to a Tattoo place to get another one." Piotr took Kitty's hand and walked with her.
"Really? I don't get why people do it. Its just dumb to me." Kitty led Piotr to a table as they reached the Food Court. "I mean it would fit with you, because you look like one of the people that get them."
"Sorry, Katya, but even if you wanted me to get one, I am not." Piotr smiled as she leaned her head against his shoulder.
"Hey guys. We are done here." Jessica and Bradley sat down on the other side of Piotr and Kitty. "We saw Ivan flirting with some girl when we were on our way over here." Jessica informed as the topic of discussion drew near.
"So are we all ready to go?" He asked as he gave Kitty a wicked smile. She smiled but she clung to Piotr. Ivan's smile disappeared and he went back to listening to Bradley's uninteresting tale about what he saw this old lady doing.
"So you had fun?" Piotr asked as they got back home and laid across his bed.
"Yup I sure did. Jessica kept trying to make me wear all these swimsuits that don't cover much at all. That might be ok for her, but I'm never going to fill in and such." Kitty sighed. Piotr smiled and kissed her.
"You're perfect. Don't change." Piotr seductively whispered into her ear.
"Thanks. But you can always get stronger." Kitty giggled as she handed a bag to him. "Bradley told me to give these to you, so hurry up and let me see you in them."
Piotr opened the bag to find a couple pairs of swim trunks. All were long, for Piotr, and custom made for him too. "How…"
"He said that Jessica guessed the measurements and she went to making them."
He held one up and looked at it closely. It was as blue as his eyes, and had some writing on the back. "Property of Kitty Pryde, SO BACK OFF!" was printed on the backside.
"Katya… I don't know what to say…" Piotr was speechless.
"Don't say anything, let's see them on you! HURRY!!!"
Logan was "explaining" to Ivan how his tattoos effected the image of a mutant and what type of example it showed for the little ones.
"IF I WERE YOUR FATHER, I WOULD SHIP YOU TO WAR SO FAST, THAT TATTOO WOULD FALL OFF FROM THE SPEED."
"See, now, you aren't my father, so that's out of the question. And plus if I DIDN'T get it, this mansion would be a heap of rubble as we speak." Ivan grinned as he saw Logan's defeat. He had already got a talk about the trip. And how if he so much as even thought about taking advantage of any of the girls on the trip, mutant or non mutant, he would personally cut certain features from his anatomy with his claws. It made Ivan cringe at the thought of it.
"I'm keeping my eye on you, bub. One wrong move and it's to the danger room for life."
"Taken and noted. So are we all clear here?"
"Don't think I'm letting you off easy. Because of the attitude and the Tattoo, you are under house arrest when you get back." Logan snarled.
"Oh dang…"
"AND THAT"S NOT ALL! YOU HAVE A DANGER ROOM SESSION EVERY DAY FOR THE NEXT MONTH… WITH ME"
"Please just kill me now…" Ivan took this as a que to leave. And so he ran out the door with a mad Logan still in the room.
"Rogue. Do you want to come with us to Dreamstate?" Bradley asked as he saw her walking down the hall.
"Why?" Bradley never really thought of an answer to that. He thought it was either going to be a yes or no.
"Uhh. Well. It could keep Kitty and Jessica company. And since we have Ivan, it kinda makes him a fifth wheel." Bradley smirked.
"I'm still dating Bobby you know. But he's pretty tied up at the moment with him going to his parents for some time to clear some stuff up. I might as well. But I ain't going swimming." Rogue pointed out.
"No prob. You don't have to if you don't want to. Thanks a lot Rogue. We leave in a week or so."
"Fine." Rogue went back to walking towards the Library, where she usually vented.
PLEASE READ AND REVIEW!!! Since my last chapter didn't get any love, how bout you read it again before you review on this one. I would love to know where I'm at in this story and what people would like to see in the next story. So PLEASE R and R!!!!!!
THANKS A LOT PEOPLES!!!! I had to format this thing a little differently because there were so many conversations and my last chapter didn't do things right on the formatting. Anyway (MAJOR A/N I can not do Rogue's accent to save my life. So just imagine it. Hope you have fun reading it.
Maestro Marcus Carpenter.